Brakes painted brake calipers

JoeyF · 2nd January 2008, 23:40

im thinking of having my brake calipers painted red but it can be fiddley doing it myself and time consuming. has anyone had theres done and if so did you get a company to do it or was it easy doing it yourself. i live in the south yorkshire area so if anyone has please could they give me and help. cheers selley

ritchie_perriam · 3rd January 2008, 00:43

it takes no time at all! all you do is take off you wheel and paint it! bout an hour at the most!

Alantaverham · 3rd January 2008, 08:42

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Originally Posted by JoeyF

im thinking of having my brake calipers painted red but it can be fiddley doing it myself and time consuming. has anyone had theres done and if so did you get a company to do it or was it easy doing it yourself. i live in the south yorkshire area so if anyone has please could they give me and help. cheers selley

No probs.......done mine RED........easy with Halford's Caliper paint....lasts well also.....just wheel off and degrease with white spirit....paint carefully.

robbo51 · 3rd January 2008, 09:53

I'm considering painting mine.
What colour on a red car?
Gold?

Charles_Harding · 3rd January 2008, 12:00

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Originally Posted by robbo51

I'm considering painting mine.
What colour on a red car?
Gold?

Gotta be red.

Then at a quick glance some guys will think that you've got a Ferrari!

"When you go to court,
You are putting yourself into the hands of 12 people,
Who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty!"

angie4m · 3rd January 2008, 12:10

I can't make up my mind if I should paint mines red or yellow???

kamshaft · 3rd January 2008, 13:44

paint it yellow and it will be different from the ordinary red

ritchie_perriam · 3rd January 2008, 14:21

i like silver calipers. but thats my personal preferance!

robbo51 · 3rd January 2008, 15:02

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Originally Posted by Charles_Harding

Gotta be red.

Not on a red car!!
Hammerite Smooth Gold

hlxbravo · 3rd January 2008, 15:39

Thinking of maybe doing mine in the nr future, gonna go for maybe red.

I would imagine it is something I should best get done sooner, rather than later, due to build up of brake dust.

Civic Fan · 3rd January 2008, 15:45

Red for me too I think.

bucketp · 3rd January 2008, 15:57

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Originally Posted by robbo51

Not on a red car!!
Hammerite Smooth Gold

Totally agree Gold would look brilliant on a red car, would hammerite stand up to the high temperatures?

DC_SGT · 3rd January 2008, 16:00

Hammerite is fine for calipers.

bucketp · 3rd January 2008, 16:03

Now we have sorted out what colour for a red car what about a Galaxy grey one?

robbo51 · 3rd January 2008, 16:05

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Originally Posted by bucketp

Now we have sorted out what colour for a red car what about a Galaxy grey one?

Green

Alantaverham · 3rd January 2008, 16:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by DC_SGT

Hammerite is fine for calipers.

Better to buy Caliper paint.........Hammerite doesn't last.......

bucketp · 3rd January 2008, 16:06

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Originally Posted by robbo51

Green

Noooooo

anything but

robbo51 · 3rd January 2008, 16:08

They were green on my Skoda vRS. They looked superb

Civic Fan · 3rd January 2008, 16:09

How often do they need re painting and is it just a straightforward degrease and a coat of new paint or is it a wire brush job.

Alantaverham · 3rd January 2008, 16:11

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Originally Posted by hlxbravo

Thinking of maybe doing mine in the nr future, gonna go for maybe red.

I would imagine it is something I should best get done sooner, rather than later, due to build up of brake dust.

No problem........just degrease carefully with white spirit.......bet yours show corrosion with no paint on at this time, with all the salt around ! Does anyone know where we can get some small Honda stickers to apply on the calipers ?........that would look cool !

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